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# [SERVER] scattering assignment (was: wishlists)

- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 08:41:50 PDT
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    Faraday wrote:
    >The new scattering arguement that pavel added to the 1.8 server,
    >I am finding that the next line below it is almost always (with me) a
    >typeof() check. It would be good to be able to have that done inside of
    >the scattering arguement too.
    ...
    >{o %(OBJ), desc %(STR, LIST)} = args;

    This is actually a great idea. If possible, I'd like the syntax to be
    something like:

    {OBJ: o, STR LIST: desc} = args;

    Just more readable. Let the parser work hard, not the human eyes. :)

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